Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire

Conquest of Mexico In 1519 Hernán Cortés led a couple hundred other Spaniards inland to the impressive Empire of the Mexica ruled by the Great Montezuma. Many historians today tell how quickly and almost effortlessly these Spaniards conquered the Empire. They paint an image of ignorant, helpless Indians practically giving up their land out of fear of this group because certainly the Spaniards must be gods since they have powerful weapons and strange animals. We know neither Cortés nor any

used by the Aztecs upper class to set them apart from the lower class. They adorned themselves with feathers, jewelry and fancy clothes. The rich also owned paintings, statues and music to honor and praise their gods. Most of the lower class, however, could make art but only to sell to the rich. The Aztec empire had an appreciation and fascination with birds, bugs and animals. These animals were praised and admired and as a result, they were popular subjects in the Aztec art. Aztecs believed that

the struggles that indigenous people endured during the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The author tells the history about the horror that the Aztec people witness and experienced, through the memories of a woman who witnessed the atrocities perpetuated by the white Spaniards. She also describes the encounters of two different worlds colliding and that history, having two distinct interpretations of events that happened during the Spanish conquest. I will be discussing how important it is to be mindful

during the Spanish Conquest of Mexico also the father to her unborn child. Huitzitzilin was different from others that was instructed about the aborigines of Mexico because the way she spoke about cultural repression of European religious, the struggle between gender oppression and duties of being a woman. Women are considered of less importance even in our world today, where we are supposed to have equality. Tetla was the chief attendant of the city’s government while Huitzitzilin was an Aztec princess/concubine

From the beginning of time, every great empire has emerged out of conquest. Conquest has definitively shaped our current world. Yet, conquest would not be conquest without the aspect of “othering.” “Othering” is simply treating the a different group of people as not human or completely different, therefore not identifying[a] with them. In order for an empire to conquer another territory, they must first dehumanize or “other” the group they are conquering. Empires did this as an attempt to justify the

This investigation will answer the question, “How did the political aspects of the Aztec empire facilitate Spanish conquest?” Source A is an article intended to provide insight on how the roles of Cortez, indigenous allies, and ideologies advanced the fall of the Aztec empire. Source B is a book to provide insight into the inner workings of Aztec politics and culture at Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital. Thomas J. Brinkerhoff, Reexamining the Lore of the “Archetypal Conquistador” Published in 2016

a large topic covered by historians for hundreds of years. The development of independent countries establishing trade, business, and military powers had led to the development and advancement of all the continents. The purpose of exploration, conquest and governmental power are common themes that are shared among the powers of 16th century Europe. With unexplored land and unknown inhabitants, the desire and race for expansion were a primary purpose of European nations. Inhabitants of these new

the route to the Americas that would be used by explorers, merchants, and conquistadores even after his death, which allowed him to be credited for the discovery of the New World. However, his travels also link him with the violent conquests of the Americas by the Spanish. His voyages and his discoveries inspired explorers and made them hungry for the success that Columbus

argues that the Spanish were completely at fault for the total destruction of the Aztec Empire. In Broken spears, the author explains how many factors other than Spanish power contributed to the downfall of the Aztecs. Not only did the Spanish have many advantages over the Aztecs, but also they also exploited them and took advantage of the cultural difference. The main key aspects to the Spanish victory, is that the Spanish were viewed as gods at first because of their appearance, the Aztecs welcomed the

with Tenochtitlan as its capital; the Aztec Empire resided. The Aztecs had significant wealth from trading and heavy payments of tribute from the conquered natives. From the years 1200-1520, the Aztecs prospered and expanded their empire immensely. However, all of this was going to change when the Spanish landed on the Yucatan Peninsula in 1519. Following Christopher Columbus' foundation of permanent settlement in the Caribbean, the Spanish were seeking conquest, expedition and colonization of new